[Air-L] Job Offer: 2-year, FT, Research Associate in COVID Intimacies

[Jaime García Iglesias]

We're currently looking for a Research Associate to join Dr Jaime
Garcia-Iglesias and Prof Brian Heaphy in the ESRC-funded COVID Intimacies
project at the University of Manchester, department of Sociology. This is a
2-year, full-time appointment (£33,309 - £35,326 per annum dependent on
experience) commencing on 1 May 2022. The ESRC funded project ‘Covid
intimacies: Resilience and viral safety among LGBT and heterosexual people
using dating apps in the COVID-19 era’ will examine lesbian, gay, bisexual,
trans (LGBT+) and heterosexual people's use of online dating apps to
negotiate intimacy during and after COVID-19 lockdowns and social distance.

The study will provide evidence for the different ways in which the
intimate lives of LGBT and heterosexual people have been similarly and
differently affected by Covid-19 lockdowns and social distance; how diverse
groups have developed 'new' practices of intimacy (including a sense of
emotional and physical closeness) through dating apps; the impact of
virtual intimacies on personal resilience; and the extent to which such
intimacies mitigate or promote viral risk. The project will combine a
nationwide mixed-methods online survey with in-depth online qualitative
interviews. The survey will enable the gathering of demographic data, and
the deployment of the Adult Resilience Measure (ARM-R).

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team formed of senior scholars
and ECRs with an emphasis on career development and mentoring. Full add can
be found here:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CNR785/research-associate-covid-intimacies-project

Informal inquiries may be directed to Dr Jaime Garcia Iglesias:
jgarcia6 at ed.ac.uk